Process and machine for manufacturing wall paper and the like



Jan, 7, 1930. m 1,742,363

PROCESS AND MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING WALL PAPER AND TEE LIKE Filed March 15, 1929 l avwemboz A/exander Marf/hek Patented Jan. 7,1930

UNITED STATES PATENT. J OFFICE annxamma mrmnx, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, assrenoa '10 rrmenn 00. me,

'or BROOKLYN, new "2031:, A ooaroaarron or nEwYoRK PROCESS AND MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING WALL PAPER AND THE LIKE Application filed March 13, 1929. Serial No, 846,583.

This invention relates generally to new and "useful improvements in a-process and a machine for manufacturing paper and the like.

The invention has for an object the provision of a process and a machine of the class described which is 'of simple arrangement,

dependable in use and efficient in action, and.

which may be applied and manufactured at a reasonable cost, I i I Up to the present time, so called lnk-embossing has been done only in one way; namely by applying ink, color or bronze in the depressedportionof an embossing design in one operation when the material, such'as paper, imitation leather, oilcloth, cardboard, aluminum, tinfoil etc. is being embossed.

This processhas been in use for many years in all sorts of industries and is done by aso called inking attachment on the em bossing mhchine, which conveys, thru the use of a gelatine or rubber roller,-the ink to thehighest points of an engraved steel roller used in embossing the material, thereby applying the same on the material to the depressed port-ions of the design.

The invention proposes a process and a machine for applying in one single operacolor, ink or bronze normally applied in the depressed portions. The process proposes the-drawing of the normally ink-embossed material between anidler roller, and aninking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller so that the rear faces of the depressed portions of the material engage against the idler roller, and the front faces of the raised. or'-' so that they may be properly set for inking materials in which the embossed design is of difierent heights of in which the material-itself is of different thicknesses. The invention also proposes an attachment for an inkembossing machine capable of delivering ink embossed material with the ink disposed in the depressed portions of the embossing, the said attachment should consist, of an idler roller for guiding the material with the raised portions outwards, and an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler for engaging against the raised portions only. In this attachment the rollers should preferably be adj ustably arranged;

For many years past, there hasbeen in 'use a so called combination printing and em bosslng mach ne? WlllCll inks the. depressed portlons-of an embossing deslgn and 1n addition prints one. or more colors by the use of print rollers made of wood, brass, felt or metal, upon' the raised portions ofthe embossing design, but this printing is accomplished in a customary printing fashion. For

properly understanding the diflerence between the'instant invention and this machine,

an inking roller as used in this specification and in the claimswill, be construed to.

mean a 'roller having a smooth surface without any raised orv depressed portions and, capableof holding ink throughout its entire tion a' color, ink or bronze onthe raised parts 5 of the embossed material in addition to the.

surface, and a printing roller definedlas a roller in which there is a raised design upon its surface which is adapted for receiving the ink and printing the same, the lowered portions on the roller not receiving ink and doing no printing. I

The printing process'and machine immediately before mentioned cannot be used for applyingink, color or bronze on all the raised portions of an embossing design because it is only adapted to print in fairly broad places,

due to the fact that the print rollers cannot be kept in accurate printing set. The present practice arranges the designupon the printing roller in large areas so that should the printing register be slightly off, it will not be very-noticeable that printing has also been done on the depressed portions of the printing design.

The embossing of the material causes the material to stick within portions of the engraved steel roller used in doingthe embossing and this causes continual jumping of the material which materially interferes with a proper set of the printing rollers. For this reason, it is necessary for a man to continually watch the machine during its operation and continually keep adjusting the set of the printing roller for maintaining its proper.

the raised portions of an embossing design necessitates the exceedingly slow running of the machine, due, to the fact that the printing rollers must be kept in fit as near as possible,

requiring continual manual adjustments, but

according to the instant invention ink may be applied to the raised portions of an embossing design at the same high speed at which the present day ink embossing is done on the depressed portions.

Since the machine using the instant invention can operate at greater speeds than machine using printing rollers, this in itself is an. important feature in. that the labor cost of the material is materially reduced. In

' addition, according'to the instant invention it is notnecessary to make a drawing and then cut a printing roller according to this drawing in wood, brass or felt andat all times keep in mind the producing of such a design that could be successfully printed without large spoiling of material attempted to be printed due to bad registering.

For further comprehension of the inven tion, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanyin to the appended claims in w ich the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material-part of this d1sclosure:-

' Fig. l is a side elevational View of a machine constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 isa fragmentary enlarged side elevational view of the idler roller and theinking roller of the machine, the material being treated is shown in sectional view between these rollers.

The reference numeral IO'indicates gener- .mary roller 18 engaging in an ink tray 19.

of elatine or rubber. v

' 28 and the raised portion by numeral 29.

drawing, and

should reterably be made of rubber, the inkmasses of theembossing design consists of an inking roller 16 engaging against the steel engraved embossing roller 11 and. receiving ink from an intermediate roller 17 in contact with a pri- The relative positions of the rollers 16, 17 and18 are adjustable by controls indicated generallyv by numerals 20. A- control 20 serves to permit adjusting of the pressure between theisteel roller 11 and paper roller 12, this arrangement being common on present day machines. It is customary that the-primary rollers 18 be of metal, the intermediate roller 17 of rubber, and the inking roller 16 The inking attachment for inking theraised portions of the embossing design is secured upon the rear of the frame 10, and consists of a bracket 21 supporting an idler roller 22, an inking roller 23, an intermediate roller 24: and a primary roller 25.. The material 13 passes between the idler 22 and the inking roller 23. The: primary roller 25 engages in an ink tray 26 and isin contact with the intermediate roller 24 which in turn engages against the inking roller 23. The relative positions of the rollers 22,23, 24 and 25 may be adj ustedby controls indicated generally by numeral 27.

It is-pointed out that the material as it leaves the roll 14 and passes between the steel engraved roller 11 and the paper roller 12 becomes embossed and inked by the said steel roller 11. The depressed portions are towards thebottom and the raised portions towards the top and in this condition the material passes over the idler-.22. Fig. 2 clearly illustrates this, the depressed 'ortions in this figure being designated by re erence numeralv It should be noticed thatthe inking roller 23 merely touches the outer faces of the raised portions 29 and for this reason the outer faces receive the ink while the depressed portions 28 do not. For proper operation thecorrect positioning of the rollers'22 and 23 is necessary. "Should the rollers be. too close toget er, the raised portions of the design may be flattened and perhaps some of the ink deposited upon the depressed portions, while in the event that the rollers are spaced apart too great a distance, the raised portions may not receive any ink at all. Proper positioning of the rollers may be accom lished by manipulation of the controls 2;; The idler roller ing rol er and the intermediate roller should also be of rubber, but the primary roller should be metallic. 1

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degreeot particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form oi the details of construction or otherwise and the like, which consistsi-n applying ink,

color, or bronze in the depressed portions of an embossing design n one operation while the material 18 being embossed, then guiding the material between an idler; roller and any inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller, so that the raisedportions of the material engage against the inking vroller and receive ink, color or. bronze.

2. A process for manufacturing wall paper and the like, which consists in applying ink,

color or bronze in the depressed-portions of an embossing design in one operation while the material is being embossed, then guiding the material between an idler roller and an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller, so that the depressed portions of the material engage against the idler and the raised portions of the material engage against the inking roller and receive ink, color or bronze.

3. A process for 'manufacturin wall paper and the like, which consists in rawing the wall covering material in an ink embossed condition, between an idler roller andan inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller so that the rear faces of the depressed portions of the material engage against the idler roller, and the front faces of the raised portions engage against the inking roller and receive ink, color or bronze I 4. A process for manufacturing wall paper and the like, which consists in drawing the wall covering material in a printed and embossed condition, between an element and an inking roller slightly spaced from the element so that the rear faces of the depressed roller slightly spaced from the idler roller so that the rear faces of the depressed portions of the material engage against the idler roller, and the front faces of the raised portions engage against the inking roller and receive ink, color or bronze.

6. A machine for manufacturing wall paper and the like, comprising means for embossing and simultaneously inking on the depressed portions of material passed thru the machine, an idler roller for supporting the ink-embossed material with the raised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the idlertroller for engaging against the raised portions, and means for su plying ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it ulpon the raised per tions of the said materia '7. .A machine for. manufacturing wall paperand the like, comprising means for embossing and simultaneously inking on the depressed portions of materlal passed thru the machine, an idler rollerfor supporting the;

ink-embossed material with the raised portions outwards,- an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller for engaging supplying ink,'color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon the raised portions of the said material, said inking roller being movable and adjustable for providing proper spacing relative to the idler.

' 8. A machine for manufacturing wall paper and the like, comprising means for em- .against the raised portions, and means for bossing and simultaneously inking on the depressed portions of material passed thru the machine, an idler roller for supporting the ink-embossed material with the raised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller for engaging against the raised portions, and means for supplying; ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon the raised portions of the said material,.said idler and inking rollers being adjustable relative to each other, for providing proper spacing.

9. A machine for manufacturing wall paper and the like, comprising means for em bossing material passed thru the machine, an

idler roller for supporting the embossed material with the raised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller for engaging against the raised portions, and means for supplying'ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon the raised portions of the said material. 10. A machine for manufacturing wall paper and the like, comprising means for emossing and simultaneously inking on the de pressed-portions of material passed thru the machine, an element for supporting the inkembossed material with the'raised portions. outwards, an inking roller, slightly spaced from the element for engaging against the raised portions, and means for supplying ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon theraised portions of the said material.

11. A machine forv manufacturing wall paper and the like, comprising means for embossing and simultaneously inking on the depressed portions of material passed thru the machine, an idler roller for supporting the ink-embossed material with the raised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller for engaging against the raised portions, means for adjusting the relative spacing of the idler and ink ing rollers, and means for supplying ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon the raised portions of the said material.

'12. A machine for manufacturing wall paper and the like, comprising means -forembossing and simultaneously inking on the depressed portions of material passed thru the machine, an idler roller for supporting the inkrembossed material with the raised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler roller for engaging against the raised portions, and means for supplying ink, color or bronze to the inking roller in controlled amounts, for depositing it lipon the raised portions of the said materia 13. An attachment for a manufacturing machine capable of delivering ink-embossed material with the inked portions disposed in the depressed portions of the embossing, comprising an idler roller for guiding the mate rial with theraised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler for engaging against the raised portions only, and means for supplying ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon the raised portions of the said materlal.

14. An attachment for a manufacturing machine capable of delivering ink-embossed material with the inked portions disposed in the depressed portions of the embossing, comprisin an element for guiding the material with the raised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the element for engaging against the raised portions only, andmeans for supplying ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon the raised ortions of the said material.

15. attachment for a manufacturing machine capable of delivering ink-embossed material with the inked portions disposed in the depressed portions of the embossing, comprising an idler roller for guiding the material with the raised portions outwards, an inking roller slightly spaced from the idler for engaging against the raised portions only, means for adjusting the relative spac ing of the idler and inking rollers, and means for supplying ink, color or bronze to the inking roller for depositing it upon the raised portions of the said material.

- Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 4th day of d March A. El 1929.

ALEXANDER MARTINEK. 

